$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results 
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 1,162

Kaifan Wang raised under the gun to 125,000, Caio De Lucca reraised from the small blind to 450,000, and Wang moved all in for about 1,200,000.

De Lucca quickly called with , and Wang turned over . Wang needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket jacks held up for De Lucca to win the pot and eliminate Wang in 26th place.

Caio De Lucca  –  5,190,000  (87 bb)
Kaifan Wang  –  Eliminated in 26th Place  ($23,100)

With 25 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 2,325,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $23,100 each.

There will be a redraw when the field gets down to the final three tables (24 players), and at that point, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results 
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 1,162

The players return from break to begin Level 25, with increased blinds of 30,000-60,000 with a 60,000 ante. Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Scott Frier  –  2,010,000  (34 bb)
Seat 2.  Cherish Andrews  –  385,000  (6 bb)
Seat 3.  Caio De Lucca  –  3,750,000  (63 bb)
Seat 4.  Ben Miner  –  1,770,000  (30 bb)
Seat 5.  Kaifan Wang  –  905,000  (15 bb)
Seat 6.  Adam Nattress  –  1,300,000  (22 bb)
Seat 7.  Raj Vohra  –  460,000  (8 bb)
Seat 8.  

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Joost Schippers  –  4,870,000  (81 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  Yingui Li  –  3,895,000  (65 bb)
Seat 4.  Julian Pineda  –  1,875,000  (31 bb)
Seat 5.  Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  1,110,000  (19 bb)
Seat 6.  Long Nguyen  –  2,540,000  (42 bb)
Seat 7.  Kyle Taddei  –  2,365,000  (39 bb)
Seat 8.  Artem Suhak  –  1,710,000  (29 bb)

TABLE 15
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  Spencer Champlin  –  1,520,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3.  Josh Reichard  –  2,720,000  (45 bb)
Seat 4.  Vencent Welch  –  2,390,000  (40 bb)
Seat 5.  Nick Funaro  –  330,000  (6 bb)
Seat 6.  Martins Adeniya  –  3,970,000  (66 bb)
Seat 7.  Gregory Baird  –  3,015,000  (50 bb)
Seat 8.  Nadeem Hirani  –  720,000  (12 bb)

TABLE 16
Seat 1.  Ryan Hoenig  –  2,120,000  (35 bb)
Seat 2.  Dan Stavila  –  355,000  (6 bb)
Seat 3.  Michael Dwyer  –  2,095,000  (35 bb)
Seat 4.  Ricky Landais  –  2,375,000  (40 bb)
Seat 5.  Christian Roberts  –  3,065,000  (51 bb)
Seat 6.  Brock Wilson  –  1,505,000  (25 bb)
Seat 7.  Ryan Hogan  –  1,210,000  (20 bb)
Seat 8.  Ben Scrogins  –  1,370,000  (23 bb)

Here are the remaining payouts:

1st:  $562,600 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $375,000
3rd:  $275,000
4th:  $205,000
5th:  $156,000
6th:  $119,000
7th:  $92,000
8th:  $71,000
9th-10th:  $56,000
11th-12th:  $46,500
13th-15th:  $39,000
16th-19th:  $32,500
20th-23rd:  $27,500
24th-29th:  $23,100

And here is a list of the eliminations since the last break:

30th:  Ken Fishman  –  $23,100
31st:  Gareth McMahon  –  $23,100

32nd:  Justin Carey  –  $19,400
33rd:  Clement Michaud  –  $19,400
34th:  Chris Conrad  –  $19,400
35th:  Emmanuel McKenzie  –  $19,400
36th:  Carlos Bermudez  –  $19,400
37th:  Vitalijs Zavorotnijs  –  $19,400
38th:  T.K. Miles  –  $19,400
39th:  Anthony Zinno  –  $19,400

40th:  David DiBernardi  –  $16,300

With 29 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 2,005,000 (33 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $23,100 each.

There will be a redraw when the field gets down to the final three tables (24 players), and at that point, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table.

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 46
$600 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  195
Prize Pool:  $101,400
January 20, 2025

Registration closed for the $600 Seniors 50+ event with 195 entries creating a prize pool worth $101,400. That was good enough for this tournament’s second-biggest turnout and prize pool.

2023 RRPO – 202 entries
2025 LHPO – 195 entries
2023 LHPO – 193 entries
2022 RRPO – 176 entries
2024 Showdown – 176 entries

The last 25 spots will be paid with $1,040 for a min-cash and $23,500 up top for the Event 46 champ.

1st: $23,500 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $15,500
3rd: $11,500
4th: $8,600
5th: $6,500
6th: $4,980
7th: $3,820
8th: $2,980
9th-10th: $2,340
11th-12th: $1,820
13th-15th: $1,500
16th-19th: $1,240
20th-25th: $1,040

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results 
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 1,162

Ben Scrogins raised under the gun, Christian Roberts reraised from the button to 325,000, and Scrogins called.

The flop came , Scrogins checked, Roberts bet 80,000, and Scrogins called.

The turn card paired the board with the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , Scrogins checked, Roberts bet 1,050,000, and Scrogins snap-called with for a full house, fours full of sevens. But Roberts turned over to win the pot with a higher full house, queens ful of sevens.

Christian Roberts  –  3,090,000  (62 bb)
Ben Scrogins  –  1,450,000  (29 bb)

With 29 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 2,005,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $23,100 each.

There will be a redraw when the field gets down to the final three tables (24 players), and at that point, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results 
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 1,162

Ken Fishman was all in from the small blind for 930,000 with , and needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Joost Schippers on the button.

The board came , and Schippers paired his eight on the turn to win the pot with two pair, aces and eights, eliminating Fishman in 30th place.

Joost Schippers  –  4,850,000  (97 bb)
Ken Fishman  –  Eliminated in 30th Place  ($23,100)

With 29 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 2,005,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $23,100 each.

There will be a redraw when the field gets down to the final three tables (24 players), and at that point, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results 
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 1,162

Justin Carey raised from the hijack to 270,000, leaving himself 5K behind, and Martins Adeniya reraised from the cutoff. Everyone else folded.

With a $3,700 pay jump at stake, Carey used his remaining handful of Time Chips to tank for several minutes before he called all in for 275,000 with .

Adeniya turned over , and Carey was dominated as he faced elimination.

The board came , and Adeniya won the pot with a pair of kings to eliminate Carey in 32nd place.

Martins Adeniya  –  3,910,000  (78 bb)
Justin Carey  –  Eliminated in 32nd Place  ($19,400)

With 31 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 1,875,000 (38 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $23,100 each.

There will be a redraw when the field gets down to the final three tables (24 players), and at that point, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results 
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  34 of 1,162

Adam Nattress was all in from the big blind for 715,000 with , and needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Emmanuel McKenzie in the hijack.

The board came , and the aces held up for Nattress to win the pot and double up in chips.

Adam Nattress  –  1,490,000  (37 bb)
Emmanuel McKenzie  –  335,000  (8 bb)

A hand or two later, McKenzie was eliminated from the tournament.

Emmanuel McKenzie  –  Eliminated in 35th Place  ($19,400)

With 34 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 1,710,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $19,400 each.

There will be a redraw when the field gets down to the final three tables (24 players), and at that point, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results 
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  39 of 1,162

With 40 players remaining and a $3,100 pay jump still at stake, Nick Funaro raised from the hijack to 80,000, and Cherish Andrews went into the tank on the button.

While she was thinking, a dealer at another table shouted “Payout” as David DiBernardi was eliminated in 40th place.

A few seconds later, Andrews smiled and said, “All in!”

Andrews moved all in from the button for 85,000. Martins Adeniya called from the big blind, and Funaro called the additional 5K. Any additional betting would create a side pot.

Both players checked to the river on a board of , and all three players turned over their cards.

Martins Adeniya:    (king high)
Nick Funaro:    (ace high)
Cherish Andrews:    (pair of aces)

Andrews’ aces held up for her to win the pot and triple up in chips.

Cherish Andrews  –  315,000  (8 bb)
Martins Adeniya  –  2,650,000  (66 bb)
Nick Funaro  –  2,125,000  (53 bb)

With 39 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 1,490,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $19,400 each.

There will be a redraw when the field gets down to the final three tables (24 players), and at that point, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results 
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 1,162

After treducupling up to 65,000, Cherish Andrews found herself forced all in from the big blind, and since Seminole Hard Rock is a “big blind first” property, Andrews put 25,000 in for the ante and 40,000 out for her big blind.

Action folded around to Christian Roberts in the small blind, and he called with .

Andrews turned over — almost identical to her previous hand — and was actually ahead, needing it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Andrews won the pot with her ten to double up in chips. Andrews now had enough chips to fold until her next small blind if she wanted to.

Cherish Andrews  –  105,000  (3 bb)
Christian Roberts  –  2,675,000  (67 bb)

With 40 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 1,455,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $16,300 each.

There will be a redraw when the field gets down to the final three tables (24 players), and at that point, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table.

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Entries:  29

The $25K High Roller returned from its first break, sitting side-by-side with the LHPO Championship play down, and we have some players having fun.

Early friends include Chance Kornuth, Frank Funaro (whose brother Nick is deep in the Championship), Martin Carnero, Michael Chiappetta, Noah Schwartz, Michael Berk, Frank Brannan, David Peters, Martin Zamani, and Dylan Smith.